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Barack Obama and Mitt Romney faced each other in the second of three presidential debates Tuesday night. Following the debate, many American voters are wondering who won the debate last night? Of course, an answer isn't that straightforward. A debate is not like a football game with a clearly defined winner and loser.

That being said, president Obama appeared to receive more praise than his opponent following last night's debate.

Here is what people are saying online:

The Washington Post says "It was a near-certainty that the incumbent would improve on his mystifying bad first debate performance. And, he did."

So if Obama won, what was the turning point? Buzzfeed said Obama and Romney's exchange on Libya turned the debate in favour of the president.

Slate notes that Romney has a history of stumbling when it comes to foreign policy.

The Los Angeles Times agreed that Obama fared well, but so did Romney: "Instead, the debate at Hofstra University in New York played more like a brutal exchange of punches between heavyweights, ending with both men battered but standing."

The National Journal suggested the debate was too close to call: "Bottom line: Obama and Romney scored points while turning off independent voters with their point-scoring. Democratic and Republican partisans will find reason to celebrate the debate but it likely did nothing to reshape the closely fought race."

Social media reaction often focused on details that had little to do with policy. The first debate gave birth to a Big Bird meme.

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